A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis.

  • John Christopher Willis
Date:
1908
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Credit: A manual and dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns / by J.C. Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is fertilised ; they are often so deceived as to lay their eggs on the spadix. Ampelidaceae (or Ampelideae)=Vitaceae. Ampelodesma Beauv. Gramineae (x). 3 sp. Medit. and Afr. The leaves of A. tenax Link. (Algiers) are used like Esparto (Stipa). Ampelopsis (Rich, in) Michx. =Vitis Linn. (A. hederacea DC. = V. hed.; A. quinquefolia Michx. =V. hed.; A. Veitchii Hort. = V. inconstans). Amphicarpaea Ell. Leguminosae (in. 10). 15 sp. trop. and temp. N. Am., Japan, Himalaya. A. monoica Ell. and others have cleisto- gamic firs, below, which give subterranean fruits like Arachis. Amphicome Royle. Bignoniaceae (11). 2 sp. Himal. Amsinckia Lehm. Boraginaceae (iv. 2). 8 sp. W. Am. Amsonia Walt. Apocynaceae (1. 3). 7 SP- N. Am., Japan. Amygdalus (Tourn.) Linn. = Prunus Toum. (A. communis L. =P. Amygd. A. Persica L. = P. Pers.) Amyris P. Br. Rutaceae (ix). 12 sp. trop. Am. Anabasis Linn. Chenopodiaceae (10). 17 SP- Medit., As. * Anacampseros. Portulacaceae. 9 sp. S. Afr. Xerophytes with fleshy leaves; stipules represented by bundles of hairs protecting the young leaves in the bud. Anacamptis Rich. = Orchis Linn. Anacardiaceae. Dicotyledons (ArchicM. Sapindales). 59 gen. with 500 sp., chiefly found in the tropics, but occurring also in the Medit., Chino-Jap., N. Amer., and Andine regions. In habit they resemble plants of other families, e.g. Rutaceae, Leguminosae, Sa- pindaceae, &c., but their floral characters mark them off as a distinct order. They are trees or shrubs with alt. exstip. leaves and panicles of firs. Resin-passages occur, but the leaves are not gland-dotted (hence they cannot be confounded with Rutaceae). The receptacle may be convex, flat or concave, and a gynophore or other axial outgrowth may occur. The Hr. is typically 5-merous, but usually with reduction in the essential organs. The sta. are generally less than 10, the cpls. most commonly 3, rarely (3). Very often only one of the three is fertile, and frequently only one cpl. is found at all. Ovule solitary, anatropous with dorsal raphe. Fruit various. Endosperm. [Placed in Sapindales by B.-PI.] Classification and chief genera (after Engler): A. 5 free cpls. or 1. Leaf simple, entire: I. MANGIFEREAE-. Mangifera, Anacardium. B. Cpls. united. Lf. rarely simple: II. SPONDIEAE (ovules in each cpl.): Spondias. III. RHOIDEAE (one ovule only, ovary free): Pistacia, Rhus. IV. SEMECARPEAE (do., ovary sunk in axis): Semecarpus. C. Cpl. i. $ fir. naked. Lf. simple, toothed: V. DOBINEEAE: Dobinea (only genus).
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